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Personal data William Greenough Thayer 

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Household of William Greenough Thayer

He is married to Violet Otis.

They got married on June 1, 1891 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA, he was 27 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Sigourney Thayer  1896-1944 
  5. Margaret Thayer  1905-1968
  6. John Otis Thayer  1911-1988

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Greenough Thayer

William Greenough Thayer
1863-1934

1891

Violet Otis
1871-1962

William Greenough Thayer
1893-1970
Sigourney Thayer
1896-1944
James Appleton Thayer
1899-1978
Robert Helyer Thayer
1901-1984
Margaret Thayer
1905-1968
John Otis Thayer
1911-1988

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Historical events

Birthday December 24, 1863

  • The temperature on December 24, 1863 was about 7.4 °C. The air pressure was 0.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 7 » HMSOrpheus sinks off the coast of Auckland, New Zealand, killing 189.
    • April 30 » A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
    • May 27 » American Civil War: First Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson.
    • June 20 » American Civil War: West Virginia is admitted as the 35th U.S. state.
    • November 16 » American Civil War: Battle of Campbell's Station near Knoxville, Tennessee: Confederate troops unsuccessfully attack Union forces.
    • November 17 » American Civil War: Siege of Knoxville begins: Confederate forces led by General James Longstreet place Knoxville, Tennessee, under siege.

Day of marriage June 1, 1891

  • The temperature on June 1, 1891 was about 18.6 °C. There was 7 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 21, 1888 to August 21, 1891 the cabinet Mackay, with Mr. A. baron Mackay (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 21, 1891 to May 9, 1894 the cabinet Van Tienhoven, with Mr. G. van Tienhoven (unie-liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1891: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
    • March 10 » Almon Strowger patents the Strowger switch, a device which led to the automation of telephone circuit switching.
    • March 17 » SSUtopia collides with HMSAnson in the Bay of Gibraltar and sinks, killing 562 of the 880 passengers on board.
    • May 15 » Pope Leo XIII defends workers' rights and property rights in the encyclical Rerum novarum, the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching.
    • July 26 » France annexes Tahiti.
    • August 18 » Major hurricane strikes Martinique, leaving 700 dead.
    • October 28 » The Mino–Owari earthquake is the largest inland earthquake in Japan's history.

Day of death November 27, 1934

  • The temperature on November 27, 1934 was between 7.7 °C and 11.3 °C and averaged 9.1 °C. There was 0.3 mm of rain during 1.1 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1934: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.3 million citizens.
    • January 26 » German–Polish Non-Aggression Pact is signed.
    • February 9 » The Balkan Entente is formed.
    • February 21 » Augusto Sandino is executed.
    • August 11 » The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
    • September 26 » The ocean liner RMSQueen Mary is launched.
    • November 11 » The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia is opened.


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